Patent Application
20230123789
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The disclosure relates to dog run assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new dog run assembly for preventing tangling of leads. The present invention discloses a dog run assembly comprising a pair of lines extending between a pair of bars. The bars are rotatably engageable to vertical support elements so that leads engaged to the lines remain untangled.
The prior art relates to dog run assemblies. Prior art dog run assemblies may comprise ground mounted devices with a rotating element and single suspended cables to which multiple leads are attachable. What is lacking in the prior art is discloses a dog run assembly comprising a pair of lines extending between a pair of bars. The bars are rotatably engageable to vertical support elements so that leads engaged to the lines remain untangled.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of bars, a pair of lines, a pair of connectors, and a pair of fasteners. Each line is engaged to and extends between the bars. Each connector is rotationally engaged to a respective bar and is configured to engage a respective vertical support element of a pair of vertical support elements so that the pair of lines is suspended between the vertical support elements. Each fastener is slidably engaged to a respective line so that the fastener is slidable between the bars. The fastener is configured to engage a respective lead attached to an associated animal. The pair of bars is configured to rotate as a pair of animals tethered singly to the lines travel in opposing directions relative to the pair of lines. The lines and the leads attached to the animals remain untangled.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
Each connector 16 is rotationally engaged to a respective bar 12 and is configured to engage a respective vertical support element 22 of a pair of vertical support elements 22 so that the pair of lines 14 is suspended between the vertical support elements 22. As shown in
The connector 16 comprises a first element 24 and a second element 26. The first element 24 is engaged to the respective bar 12. The second element 26 is rotationally engaged to the first element 24 so that the respective bar 12 is rotatable relative to the respective vertical support element 22. A swivel 28 is engaged to and positioned between the first element 24 and the second element 26 so that the second element 26 is rotatable relative to the respective bar 12. The second element 26 may comprise a ring 30, as shown in
Each fastener 18 is slidably engaged to a respective line 14 so that the fastener 18 is slidable between the bars 12. The fastener 18 may comprise a carabiner 32, as shown in
The dog run assembly 10 also may comprises a plurality of stops 36. Each stop 36 is slidably engaged to a respective line 14. The stop 36 is configured to selectively engage the respective line 14 so that the stop 36 is fixedly positioned on the respective line 14 and positioned to restrict movement of an associated fastener 18 between the stop 36 and a respective bar 12. An animal tether by a lead 34 to the fastener 18 thus has its movement restricted. The plurality of stops 36 may comprise four stops 36 positioned two apiece on each line 14, as shown in
In use, the bars 12 are engaged to a pair of vertical support elements 22, such as a house and a tree, using the pair of connectors 16 and cables 38. The pair of lines 14 thus is suspended between the vertical support elements 22. The lead 34 of each animal then can be attached to a respective fastener 18. Should the animals tethered to the lines 14 travel in opposing directions relative to the pair of lines 14, the lines 14 and the leads 34 attached to the animals remain untangled.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
